Angela Peters, a 56-year-old mother of five and grandmother of 12 from Australia, recently gave birth to twin girls with her 39-year-old Nigerian husband, Bright.
In an interview with The Sun UK, Peters said she first came across Bright in 2020 through a dating app where she was initially chatting with his older brother, Emeka. Although nothing developed with Emeka, she became interested after he sent a photo of his family, and she spotted Bright.
“It was like a thunderbolt – I knew this was the man I was meant to be with,” she told. At the time, Bright was working as a cook in South Africa, and Peters was in Australia. After nine months of online communication, she travelled to Nigeria in February 2021. Just nine days later, they tied the knot in a small civil ceremony in Lagos.
Her children were shocked by the sudden marriage, but Peters believed they’d come around. “Raising my kids was the joy of my life, but I wasn’t happy in my marriage. We divorced in 2019, and though being single was liberating, I still longed to be a wife again.”
Peters had no plans of becoming a mother again, but Bright longed to have children. When she told him she was going through perimenopause, Bright simply said they would have twin girls one day. “I laughed, knowing that was impossible,” she recalled.
After facing legal age restrictions on IVF in Australia, Peters began exploring options abroad. “At 54, I discovered the cut-off age for IVF in Australia was 52. I even asked my daughters to be our surrogate, but they weren’t keen. I considered suggesting Bright have a child with another woman.”
But during a trip to Nigeria in 2023, a friend suggested trying IVF there. Nigerian doctors were supportive, offering egg donation and embryo transfer despite her age. In December 2023, Peters discovered she was pregnant—with twin girls, just as Bright had once predicted. The couple welcomed daughters Khorus and Knowyn in August 2024.
Though the pregnancy drew scepticism and online criticism, Peters said it was her easiest yet. Her children, especially her daughter Deina, who initially feared Bright was a scammer, eventually came around. “I was relieved when she chose IVF in Nigeria instead of asking me to be a surrogate,” said Deina. “She flew through the pregnancy and proved age isn’t a barrier.”
With support from her children, Peters shared her pregnancy journey on TikTok to inspire others. “It was my daughters’ idea to film it—we wanted to show that dreams don’t have an expiry date,” she said.
Now, with a growing family and a new chapter of motherhood, Peters hopes to encourage other older women. “To those who dream of motherhood later in life—don’t lose hope,” she said.